...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- Had to check. It was the people making my wedding dress to see if they got my e-mail regarding my fabric choices.

...person you hugged?
- Brandon.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- Talking with Brandon just now. We're also watching "M*A*S*H," so I'm not sure which was the latest chuckle reason.

...time you cried?
- I honestly cried listening to the "Star Wars" theme conducted by John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl a couple nights ago. They also played music from "Harry Potter," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Superman," and "Indiana Jones" and of course the Imperial March along with stuff from "Force Awakens."

...movie you watched?
- In the theater: "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" in 3D.
At home on the computer: Netflix's crappy "Death Note" movie.

...TV show you watched?
- Watching "M*A*S*H" right now.

...DVD you watched?
- I haven't really been watching DVDs much these days, but I think it was one of my copies of "Rick and Morty" either season 1 or 2.

...song you listened to?
- Bran and I were listening to Brendon Small's "Galaktikon II," which is essentially a Dethklok album.

...book you finished?
- I finished reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to my clients on Thursday. It's been nearly 20 years since the last time I read it. I found myself tearing up during some of the parts, particularly Ron's sacrifice even though I know he makes it out of the whole series.

The last book I read for my own pleasure was the anthology I have of "Henry and Glenn Forever," about Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig as a gay couple. Finished that last weekend.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- Probably Brandon.

...person you met?
- Jose, the new activities coordinator at our center. He's going to be my aide for at least a couple months before he goes full AC.

...person who died in your life?
- Petyr Baelish.

...new food you tried?
- The finger sandwiches Kristen made for our annual tea and Shakespeare at the Old Zoo party, I think.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I apparently listed five things last time, so ah, fuck it, here's the last five again (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: Ditto UPDATE: 9/24/16 Ditto squared UPDATE: 6/26/17 Ah fuck it UPDATE: 9/4/17 Yup, here it comes again):
1. Had our new lawn chairs at the Civil War re-enactment. Got to sit back and watch the battle and not just stand there or cramp up sitting on the ground. It was a rather foreign feeling.
2. Saw John Williams conduct in person. He brought Kobe Bryant out to narrate an animated short.
3. Several of the things we did for the tea and Shakespeare party (bought tiered plates, got photographed by the cast's marketing people, had actual hot tea , drank elderflower lemonade from my newly bought glass champagne flutes, etc.)
4. Ate the burger of the month at Grill 'Em All. It's the "Dimebag Darrell," with chicken pot pie filling atop the patty and served on jalapeno bread.
5. Watched the shit show Netflix "Death Note" movie.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Pretty much any time I'm home, particularly right after a shower and running back to my room.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- Hm, a couple weekends ago. You'd think I was out to punish my liver with how much I was drinking for my boss' birthday, then a couple days later was the beer dinner with Brandon's band. I got a bit tipsy, even if in a smaller capacity than that Friday night.

...you "geeked" out?
- This entire past weekend, most particularly Saturday night watching John Williams conduct while everyone's waving light sabers. The next day we went to a Civil War re-enactment.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- Facebook, on my phone.

...bargain you made?
- The stuff I bought for the tea party.

...thing you planned?
- Trying to plot out how this coming weekend is going to go. We have to meet with out prospective caterer on Saturday and our friend is having a wine-tasting party with a sommelier that same day, which was actually planned first but the caterer we want told us to meet with her. Since we're going to be stuck going to L.A. for that, we figured we'd try to check out the TV costume exhibit at FIDM and grab some orgasmic breakfast tacos from our favorite place beforehand.

The next thing will have to be the day trips to Oak Glen.

...award you won?
- Same thing since last time: "Most Hands On" award at my center.

...piece of toast you had?
- Had eggs benedict on Sunday at one of our favorite breakfast places in Huntington Beach.

...present you gave?
- Just found out a friend of ours has had to go to the hospital for a heart condition. Since we were at the Huntington, yesterday, when we found out, I bought her a pair of socks as a get well gift from their newly put up Halloween section.

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- The last one I wrote in is the one I keep at work, where in I write what my clients and I did each day to keep track of where I've been going, whether or not I had a van, and so on. So, today, I wrote that we played baseball in Highridge Park and then went to the South Coast Botanic Garden.

...errand you ran?
- Deposited cash and picked up some groceries after work.

...drink you had?
- Diet Coke and water.

...cool thing you found?
- Uh... huh. Not sure. Um.. I got a Gilderoy Lockhart card with my chocolate frog at Universal. Apparently everyone usually only gets the four Hogwarts house founders and Dumbledore.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Last night.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Messaged a few links of random things to Brandon.

...thing you bought?
- Early bird tickets for Old World Oktoberfest.

...game you played?
- Blackjack with the clients for my money management club.

...new place you visited?
- Apparently I listed five last time, so once again, fuck it (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: AGAIN ditto Fuck it. It goes double for always):
1. A new (to me) part of the Terranea Trail, which I took the clients walking on for the first time
2. The amphitheater where OC Shakespeare performs (saw "Henry IV Part 1")
3. Beer dinner event at BJ's
4. Wizarding World of Harry Potter area in Universal Studios
5. Rock & Brews (for my boss' birthday)

...thing you celebrated?
- Arguably, Labor Day, which I celebrated by not going to work and eating an absurd amount of hamburger meat, but really the last thing for me was the end of Shakespeare and picnicking season.

...dream you had?
- I had a strange dream about my clients, but I actually can't remember it now.

That's what I wrote last time, and thankfully, since that last post my mom became cancer-free. I guess the new answer would be: "a surplus of money in my bank account," since my paychecks have been completely eaten up by my credit card bill the last couple months.

...movie you watched that you thought was underrated?
- Hm, hard to say. Re-watched the live action Japanese versions of "Death Note." They really are phenomenal in comparison with Netflix's.

...stage (concert, play, etc) show you saw?
- John Williams at Hollywood Bowl on Saturday.

...time you visited family?
- With my family: Father's Day
With Brandon's: Got to see his grandma, mother, sister, and niece while we were in Arizona for the holiday weekend in early July. We were out there for his grandmother's 80th birthday.

...exercise you did?
- Went walking with the clients on the nike missile silo trapdoors.

...vacation you took?
- Went to Arizona for Mary's birthday.

...text message you sent?
- Posted to Bran's wall on FB. Looks like I'll probably be there forever.

...picture you set as your phone's wallpaper?
- It's the same as the last time. It's this picture, the middle with just me and the tree is the default main screen and spreads toward the right as I go through my icons.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- One of my friends who is suicidal.

...person you met?
- His name escapes me, but he's one of my buddy Bryce's friends, we met on the 4th of July while we got drunk.

...person who died in your life?
- Depends how you define "in your life", I guess. Probably my dad, who died like 2 or 3 years ago. I can't say we were close or that he was a big part of my life, but it kind of hurt a bit, at least.

...new food you tried?
- A type of fish, I normally don't try new foods.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I mean, I folded laundry for once? Usually I just throw it in the corner.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Right now? I don't get this question. Doesn't everyone just wander their house in their underwear when company isn't over?

...time you weren't fully sober?
- July 4th.

...you "geeked" out?
- I'm always geeked out on something or other. Like right now I'm having a thrilling discussion about David Price of the Red Sox.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- Something on TV Tropes on my phone.

...bargain you made?
- I mean, I got some nice hats off Amazon Prime?

...thing you planned?
- I'm going to Red Sox/Angels for all three games this upcoming weekend.

...award you won?
- "Best Posts" for the third or fourth year in a row on Vizzed, I guess.

...piece of toast you had?
- I cannot recall the last time I had any breakfast item.

...present you gave?
- I got some post cards for people when I was briefly in San Francisco on a layover.

...porno you saw?
- I can't say I've ever watched porn.

...song you sang in the shower?
- I cannot recall the last time I sang in the shower. Probably before I started dating.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- "Forced to Sleep" by Direct Hit!

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- I don't have a calendar?

...errand you ran?
- I made an appointment at the DMV and did grocery shopping.

...drink you had?
- Mountain Dew or Sparkling Water.

...cool thing you found?
- I got this kind of awesome kind of ugly statue with my Morrowind Collector's Edition.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Like 5 years ago, the last time I had long hair. Normally I just wet it and let it fall where it may, or use styling clay to get it to go where I want.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Somebody like ten years ago. If we count facebook, then my best friend of 18 years.

...thing you bought?
- A hat.

...game you played?
- Final Fantasy XII - The Zodiac Age.

...new place you visited?
- San Francisco, briefly.

...thing you celebrated?
- My girlfriend's graduation from college.

...dream you had?
- I'm going to choose to pass on this one, as I do not wish to lie, nor do I wish to share this one.

...thing you dressed up for?
- Probably work.

...website you visited outside of the board?
- Youtube.

...thing you really wanted, but couldn't get?
- Healthcare.

...movie you watched that you thought was underrated?
- I can't recall. Usually I don't listen to critics or other people's opinions on movies and form my own. So either a movie is good or bad. Can't think of something as over or under rated.

...stage (concert, play, etc) show you saw?
- None. I've acted in one when I was younger, but never gone to one myself.

...time you visited family?
- Mid-June. Went back east to see family.

...exercise you did?
- I do Muay Thai and Jiujitsu like three times a week, so probably that last week.

...vacation you took?
- Mid-June to see family.

...text message you sent?
- "I got here earlier than expected"

...picture you set as your phone's wallpaper?
- A picture of the Persona 5 protagonist holding up a sign that says "Let us start the game"

...book you finished?
- The first volume of Milo Manara's "Caravaggio" graphic novel series. I've been trying to finish the book, "Orange Is The New Black," for way too long. I don't actually like it; I just want to get through it.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- It's either Bran or my mom.

...person you met?
- Mike, the guy who just started at our center.

...person who died in your life?
- Brandon's great aunt, Ruth. I haven't seen her since the reunion that side of the family had at Thanksgiving.

...new food you tried?
- Ate at the new Liberty Station Market in San Diego for the first time. Got a lobster roll and Bran got lobster mac 'n' cheese.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I apparently listed five things last time, so ah, fuck it, here's the last five again (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: Ditto UPDATE: 9/24/16 Ditto squared UPDATE: 6/26/17 Ah fuck it):
1. Saw a production of Shakespeare's "Richard II." (It was in San Diego, and starred Robert Sean Leonard)
2. Drank at the new brewery/gaming store in San Diego, Barrel Harbor.
3. Bought a cooler.
4. Watched "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."
5. Drank the new tea (Scottish caramel Pu-erh) I got from the Point Loma Tea located in Liberty Station Market.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Ran mostly naked from the bathroom to my room a few hours ago.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- Arguably yesterday, but not near as much as a couple weeks ago when my parents, Brandon, and I started drinking bottles of wine to figure out which one we'd have at the wedding.

...you "geeked" out?
- Yesterday, discussing the Wars of the Roses, before and after we saw "Richard II."

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- "Orange is the New Black."

...bargain you made?
- I've been buying A LOT of clothes from Torrid recently, everything on sale.

...thing you planned?
- Brandon's and my week this week. He's got a few shows with his band (this past Saturday, tonight, and Friday), our friends are having a party, we're planning on seeing Shakespeare in the park on Thursday, we had a day in San Diego yesterday, and then we're leaving for Arizona on Saturday morning.

...award you won?
- I actually won "Most Hands On" at the random awards that our boss put together that my co-workers all voted on.

...piece of toast you had?
- Garlic rosemary sourdough from the farmers market.

...song you sang in the shower?
- Definitely still not singing in the shower.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- The men marching and chanting the Mickey Mouse Club song from the end of "Full Metal Jacket."

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- I've got a dry erase board and I wrote out most of that stuff that I mentioned in answer to the question about last thing I planned.

...errand you ran?
- Bought my lunch salads for the next couple days at Trader Joe's, after putting in my paycheck after work.

...drink you had?
- Diet Coke.

...cool thing you found?
- I guess the Shakespeare-themed burlesque show that was put on for Hollywood Fringe.

...time you brushed your hair?
- A few hours ago.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Messaged Brandon a few hours ago on FB.

...thing you bought?
- Bought a couple pairs of pants of Torrid's website.

...game you played?
- Cards Against Humanity, at our friends' party.

...new place you visited?
- Apparently I listed five last time, so once again, fuck it (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: AGAIN ditto Fuck it. It goes double for always):
1. Liberty Station Market
2. At Ease @ Barrel Harbor
3. The Old Spaghetti Factory
4. Steelcraft
5. The Aqua Link

...thing you celebrated?
- I'd say Fathers' Day, but actually the last thing would be a client's birthday. I gave the staff member he was with $15 to buy the client lunch and then I got him more food the next day.

...dream you had?
- The last I can sort of remember was of my grandmother and dancing with her for some reason.

...thing you dressed up for?
- I'd say faire, just to be in keeping with my last answer, but I did sort of dress up for the play we saw yesterday.

Brandon's at work 'til 11 and I feel like shit. It's been a few months. Fuck it.

What was the last...

...thing you ate?
- A slice of last night's pizza, a bowl of cereal, and a plate of microwaved Trader Joe's chicken nuggets. Spaced out, but yeah, that was dinner.

...person you talked to on the phone?
- I'm not sure. I have a few missed calls and a couple voice mails I haven't bothered to check. Probably my Mom to let her know I was running late picking her up.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- That dressmaker that left me hanging after I paid her for concept art and then didn't answer any of my questions.

...person you hugged?
- Brandon.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- Not entirely sure. I saw this gif today and that got a good laugh out of me:

...time you cried?
- Again, not sure.

...movie you watched?
- Uhhh... it was either "Amelie" on Netflix or "In The Heart of the Sea" on HBO Now.

...TV show you watched?
- Amusingly it was "King of the Hill." Same thing I wrote last time I answered this.

...DVD you watched?
- That copy of the BBC's 1984 production of "Much Ado About Nothing" that I keep taking out of the library.

...video tape you watched?
- The last time I answered this I said I hadn't watched any tapes recently, and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any since the last time I answered this meme.

...song you listened to?
- "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show

...book you finished?
- "Chew" volume 11. I'm glad this series appears to be ending.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- Sort of having one right now with Bernie over FB Messenger.

...person you met?
- Kaleb. Funny, the person I answered last time has since been fired from work.

...person who died in your life?
- Unless I'm forgetting someone the answer is still my dad's sister, Aunt Jodi. She was one of the oldest people living with cystic fibrosis.

...new food you tried?
- I guess that would be the chashu ramen at that place we went in Little Tokyo with Elara when she was visiting.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I apparently listed five things last time, so ah, fuck it, here's the last five again (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: Ditto UPDATE: 9/24/16 Ditto squared):
1. Tried caviar while having tea at the Huntington with Elara, Kaleb, and Stitch.
2. Walked through areas of the Madrona Marsh I hadn't before since it's usually underwater.
3. Made tea on the beach with a kettle heated by a bonfire.
4. Lugged candelabras, lace, and all the implements for a tea party to the Old Zoo ruins in Griffith Park, set up, and watched a performance of "The Tempest."
5. Drove the entire length of the Angeles Crest Highway and found a Jeffrey tree and a small mountain town with awesome cold brew coffee.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Walked from my room to the bathroom like that a few hours ago.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- Had a few drinks at a tiki bar on a Sunday when I was still working my shit job at the other center. I felt like I needed it just a little bit.

...you "geeked" out?
- Hanging out with Elara and Kaleb at the anime shops in Little Tokyo, I suppose. Wait, we did go see a bunch of TV show costumes today at FIDM.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- "Saga" volume 6.

...bargain you made?
- Can't remember the last exactly. What sticks out right now is my bootmaker calling me up to say he was upgrading the soles on the my new faire shoes for free.

...thing you planned?
- Sort of trying to figure out what we're going to be doing tomorrow with Liz and her husband.

...cool thing you found?
- Uh... a new route back to the office from the coastal road? It's one of those miss-a-turn-and-end-up-driving-off-a-cliff roads.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Some time earlier in the week.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Talking to Bernie right now. She wants to talk about a crisis she's having.

...thing you bought?
- A couple books on one of my ancestors from Amazon.com.

...game you played?
- Blackjack with the clients.

...new place you visited?
- Apparently I listed five last time, so once again, fuck it (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: AGAIN ditto Fuck it. It goes double for always):
1. Wrightwood and some of its neat little coffee places and markets
2. The Little Saigon Night Market
3. Huntington Beach's Central Library
4. The Japanese garden at CSULB
5. Wolf sanctuary

...thing you celebrated?
- Mom's birthday on Monday.

...dream you had?
- Dreamt I was going to one of those storage unit auctions, which was happening in a Costco parking lot for some reason. Couldn't find parking so I just left the car idling and double-parked and when I turned around the car was gone. Went into the Costco to ask if anyone turned in any keys, thinking that perhaps someone parked my car and turned the keys in. Of course they didn't have them, so I told them my car was stolen. When they said they'd check the security footage, I shrunk away not wanting them to discover I just left it running. And then I woke up.

...thing you dressed up for?
- Faire, probably.

...website you visited outside of the board?
- Yelp and Facebook. Always.

...thing you really wanted, but couldn't get?
- Not sure.

...movie you watched that you thought was underrated?
- "Tarkan vs. the Vikings." It's actually immensely awful, but well-worth watching, even if you don't speak Turkish. It's just so bad that it's enjoyable.

...stage (concert, play, etc) show you saw?
- It was either seeing "The Tempest" or the symphony playing the soundtrack for "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark."

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I apparently listed five things last time, so ah, fuck it, here's the last five again (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: Ditto):
1. Watched a production of "The Devil's Bride," an unofficial sequel to "Much Ado About Nothing."
2. Tried performing semaphore communication at the Maritime Museum.
3. Had the "Ninja Turtle" off the Dutch Bros secret menu.
4. Took a bath in a clawfoot tub.
5. Stayed at a house built in the 1800s in Mendocino. Most gorgeous place I've ever stayed.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Depends on if going straight from the bathroom to my room counts, because that's usually every day.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- Got a bit buzzed off the tiki drink I threw together at with rum, pineapple juice with coconut cream, and Trader Vic's Macadamia Nut liqueur at Glen and Kina's a few weeks back.

...present you gave?
- Bought a membership to the Huntington, which'll cover Brandon and me for a year, saying it's my anniversary present to him. Of course, I did also pay for most of our most recent trip, which involved a $200/night hotel stay and rental car.

...porno you saw?
- Shit. No clue.

...song you sang in the shower?
- Still don't sing in the shower.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- Much of the latest Dread Crew album is pretty well lodged in there.

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- Wrote down the events of our break last weekend (visited Avenue of the Giants, stayed with Katie, etc.)

...errand you ran?
- Picked up all that food for the picnic.

...drink you had?
- Horchata at Button Mash.

...cool thing you found?
- Hm, a natural food store that took over an old church.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Some time yesterday

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Quinton through messenger, since he kept asking if I'd watched tonight's "Game of Thrones" episode yet or not.

...thing you bought?
- A grip of tokens to play pinball at Button Mash.

...game you played?
- Pinball.

...new place you visited?
- Apparently I listed five last time, so once again, fuck it (UPDATE: 4/24/2016: AGAIN ditto):
1. Button Mash
2. Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
3. Glass Beach in Ft. Bragg
4. MacCallum House
5. Chandelier Tree

...thing you celebrated?
- Brandon's and my 12th anniversary. We went to the redwoods.

...dream you had?
- Don't remember.

...thing you dressed up for?
- Faire. Went to two different faires in one weekend.

...website you visited outside of the board?
- Yelp and Facebook.

...thing you really wanted, but couldn't get?
- Perfect health?

...movie you watched that you thought was underrated?
- "Star Crash," I think was the last? It's freaking terrible, but I derived some enjoyment out of it.

...stage (concert, play, etc) show you saw?
- Saw "The Devil's Bride," an unofficial sequel to "Much Ado About Nothing."

...time you visited family?
- Drove out to Arizona last month to see Brandon's family and go to their renaissance faire.

...exercise you did?
- I walk around my neighborhood.

...vacation you took?
- Mentioned it several times, but we went up to Northern California for our 12th anniversary. I rented a car for the first time and we drove up to Palo Alto and stayed with a friend the first night, stopping in Morro Bay to eat soup while staring at the rock. Second day drove up to the redwoods at Avenue of the Giants, walked around in the woods, drove through one of those trees you can ride a car through, and then drove down to Mendocino to stay at MacCallum House. Went home the next day after a hike along the coast. It was a really short, but outstanding trip.

...text message you sent?
- To Brandon, apparently. "I'm on the 91," I wrote, but don't remember why.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Um... if you count running from the bathroom to the bedroom... then yesterday. Otherwise... no clue.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- I was in the land of tipsy earlier today since we had wine.

...you "geeked" out?
- I forget which day, but a few days ago when Ben posted some article on my Facebook page about them finding the remains of Phillip II of Macedon.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- I *tried* to read "Alloy of Law" by Brandon Sanderson, but Ben kept interrupting me so I gave up.

...bargain you made?
- Packs of varied color ankle socks went on sale at work, so my friend and I bought some and traded for colors we wanted and didn't want. $5 for 8 pairs of socks that I don't hate.

...thing you planned?
- Currently planning a cruise in November... it is stressful.

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- Checking the Medford school district for job postings on the first of every month

...errand you ran?
- Picking up milk, probably. I always seem to have to pick up fucking milk.

...drink you had?
- Coffee

...cool thing you found?
- A little container of bubbles at work. No idea where they came from, but it's been on the kiosk for months and I finally opened it and was like "hey, it IS bubbles!" and we've been blowing them when the managers aren't looking.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Um... this morning, I think.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Nelrith over facebook messenger... Elias over Skype... the others... fuck if I know.

...time you cried?
- I shed some tears watching "Trainwreck" yesterday, for some reason.

...movie you watched?
- "Trainwreck" yesterday. Been going to the movies a lot these days it seems. Saw "Terminator Genisys," "Jurassic World," and "Mad Max: Fury Road" in their opening weekends.

...TV show you watched?
- "True Detective."

...DVD you watched?
- "Never Been Kissed." It was part of a set of DVDs I picked up at a thrift store with the intent to donate to my activities center and I just wanted to make sure it was appropriate. Fuck it, just put in "Silver Linings Playbook," because it's a much better answer than a piece of shit '90s teen flick.

...video tape you watched?
- "Pulp Fiction." Got it for 50 cents at the same thrift store.

...book you finished?
- "My Friend the Mercenary: A Memoir" by James Brabazon, but more recently I finished the graphic novel "Last Day in Vietnam" by Will Eisner.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- Brandon, most likely.

...person you met?
- Norma, the new DSP at work.

...person who died in your life?
- Well... my grandmother passed in March, and a couple weeks ago we found out the other new DSP killed himself by jumping off the Breakers Building in Long Beach. I only met him a couple times.

...new food you tried?
- The tonkotsu ramen I mentioned earlier. Hours before that, coffee and an Arnold Palmer from a place in Little Ethiopia.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- I apparently listed five things last time, so ah, fuck it, here's the last five again:
1. Had tea at the Huntington's rose garden tea room.
2. Dinner at the Blind Rabbit, another of those faux-speakeasies. This one you need a reservation so you can be told where the secret entrance is.
3. Saw pictures of Pluto.
4. Watched a WWII battle re-enactment (Russians versus Japanese), along with seeing re-enactors for everything from Vietnam to Romans, Celts, Picts, Vikings, and so on in one place.
5. Walked around the Venice Beach boardwalk in the rain.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- I've lost track on this one, honestly. Yesterday?

...time you weren't fully sober?
- It's been a while since the last time I even felt a buzz. The last time I neared drunk was when we were drinking Kraken at the renaissance faire and I was dehydrated and thought everything was awesome. Hm, wait I think I remember feeling something during one of our beer tastings near my work a few weeks ago. This is sad...

...you "geeked" out?
- Difficult to say, really, since it feels like a typical moment for me is "geeking out" to most other people. I guess the last time my mind was blown on my geekdom was running around MacArthur Park and seeing all of the military re-enactors.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- Something off my phone, most likely.

...bargain you made?
- Bought six little hand sanitizers from Bath and Body Works for $5. I was oddly excited, especially since they're so necessary for work.

...thing you planned?
- Was going to try to see a free production of "The Misanthrope," but when we showed up there was no one at the park. Would have helped if they had e-mailed me before we drove all the way to West Hollywood.

...award you won?
- Got a tiny raise several months back?

...piece of toast you had?
- Toasted some of the bread they brought us at Foxy's using the toaster they had at our table there.

...new place you visited?
- Apparently I listed five last time, so once again, fuck it:
1. Benten Ramen
2. Paradocs
3. The Blind Rabbit
4. The Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour in Brea
5. Children's Pool in La Jolla

...thing you celebrated?
- Brandon's and my 11th anniversary. We went out to Palm Springs and rode the tram up the mountain and hiked a bit. After we came back down we grabbed a bite and hung around the tiki bar where the manager showed Bran and me the secret room and we geeked together.

...dream you had?
- Not sure, but it was probably about work. I've had more than a few stress dreams about eloping clients and other such nightmare problems.

...movie you watched that you thought was underrated?
- "Gladiatress." Freaking hilarious.

...stage (concert, play, etc) show you saw?
- Saw a free summer production of "Romeo and Juliet."

...time you visited family?
- Drove out to Ridgecrest to see Brandon's sister and mother as they were visiting his dad and brother.

...exercise you did?
- It's been a while since I actually took a walk around the neighborhood, but I think the last real exercise I did was hiking in Griffith Park. We made it up Mt Hollywood and also went to the infamous tea house.

...vacation you took?
- Went to Arizona for the renaissance faire and stayed with Brandon's grandmother.

...text message you sent?
- To Brandon, asking when he was off work.

...picture you set as your phone's wallpaper?
- I have an NCR ranger as mine.

Man, it's been a couple years exactly since the last time this thing was filled out.

I'm pretty bored, and hey, this could stand to be filled out again.

What was the last...

...thing you ate?
- Meat pie at Christina's last night. She made these nice, little pies from scratch, which we had while setting up D&D characters.

...person you talked to on the phone?
- Lee. Asking if I wanted to come help organize his storage unit, then saying he was on his way over.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- Russell. For some reason he didn't get my recording of the news, so I had to re-share it in Google Docs.

...person you hugged?
- Christina.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- I'm watching Bob's Burgers, at the moment, so some time in the last couple minutes, probably. My last really big laugh was around 2 in the morning when Brandon and I were looking up videos of failed Peter Pan productions. Soooo many hilarious flying gaffes.

...time you cried?
- Not entirely sure.

...movie you watched?
- Last thing I saw in the theater was The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Last thing before that was Metallica's Through the Never in IMAX 3D, which Lars Ulrich came out to talk about since we were seeing at a theater around the corner from where Metallica formed.

...DVD you watched?
- Cannibal: The Musical.

...video tape you watched?
- *Presses eject* Looks like it was Back to the Future Part III.

...song you listened to?
- Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon." Gearing up for American Horror Story tonight.

...book you finished?
- Last real book was The Steel Seraglio, but the last graphic novel I finished was Saga volume 2.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- I think my answer is permanently going to be Brandon. Not sure when I last had a "heart-to-heart" or what it would have been, but chances are it was with Bran.

...person you met?
- New people working Ops at Anime L.A.

...person who died in your life?
- There was a girl I knew from Gallifrey's Ops team who was a passenger in a drunk driving wreck, but I didn't know her all that well.

...new food you tried?
- A couple of those BurritoBox burritos people have been losing their shit over.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- Because I'm super-bored, I'll list off the last five new things I've tried:
1. Playing a game Christina is running.
2. Took my parents to Galco's and the Lummis House. I'd been before, but they hadn't.
3. Got a butterbeer frap from Starbucks.
4. Visited different Templo de Santa Muertes.
5. Saw Dread Crew at The Joint and danced with different girls.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- After a shower yesterday, I had to run down to my parents' room for something wearing only a towel (they weren't home). Not sure about the actual question, though.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- I really can't remember the last time I was buzzed. I mean I drank a lot of cider at Marty and Becky's on Sunday, but didn't feel anything.

...you "geeked" out?
- Probably when we recorded the podcast on Monday and Russ and I were talking about the first episode of "Black Sails." For some reason, I didn't realize they were playing with "Treasure Island" characters, and my mind was blown.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- Terry Moore's first volume of Runaways, and frankly it was appropriate. It's TERRIBLE.

...thing you planned?
- This past week of events was pretty hectic, though it didn't seem like it on the surface. Lots of planning went into it.

...award you won?
- Got one of those "Big Damn Hero" ribbons working Anime L.A. The department chairs only give them when you accomplish some feat. Got one last year, my first year working as staff, for finding the three lost children. This year I got it for working 20-hour days.

...porno you saw?
- Believe it or not, I haven't watched any sort of porno in forever. I really can't remember the last I watched.

...song you sang in the shower?
- I might have hummed something, but I really can't remember what.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- Probably something by Stevie Nicks since so much of her music gets used on American Horror Story this season.

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- I haven't really been keeping calendars, instead just documenting what I've done on each day. The last thing in that case was that I took my parents to Pieology on Monday.

...errand you ran?
- Picking up my latest holds from the library. I got the first volume of Guardians of the Galaxy and a nonfiction book called Gadaffi's Harem.

...drink you had?
- Diet Pepsi. We're still working through the 36-count case the green room people gave me when ALA was over a week and a half ago.

...cool thing you found?
- The place we went to shoot up zombie targets with an AK-47.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Jesus... some time last week. My hair has been so friggin' easy to tangle that I just don't bother any more. It's all balled up and hanging out of the headscarf I've got wrapped around my head right now.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Since the messaging system on Facebook makes it look like a freaking instant message whether I want to just read them straight through in a regular screen or not, I guess the answer to this is Russell.

...thing you bought?
- Different, glass bottle sodas. Mmm birch beer.

...game you played?
- D&D at Christina's last night.

...new place you visited?
- OK... again I'll name five:
1. The Joint, in West L.A.
2. The new Gelson's on Second and PCH
3. Gun range in downtown L.A.
4. LAPD Museum
5. Some caves in Tarzana, which we hiked to.

...thing you celebrated?
- My birthday.

...dream you had?
- I'm not entirely sure. I know I did dream last night, but I can't remember what it was about. Something about some of the entertainment groups Brandon and I are fans of from San Diego.

...thing you dressed up for (costume/formal/etc)?
- Went in garb to the new Renaissance faire in Ventura County.

I've also been thoroughly distracted and left this open and come back to it from time to time throughout the past few days.

What was the last...

...thing you ate?
- Made myself a slice of toast slathered with almond butter and sliced bananas on top, which I sprinkled brown sugar on and caramelized with my dad's blow torch in the backyard. Told you I was bored.

...person you talked to on the phone?
- Joseph, Brandon's brother, wishing me a happy birthday.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- Gina, I think.

...person you hugged?
- Brandon.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- This thing a few minutes ago:

...time you cried?
- That would be while watching Up a week or two ago.

...movie you watched?
- Went to see Hedwig and the Angry Inch with a shadow cast a couple nights ago.

It's days later since I started answering this thing and the answer is now reminiscing about Windows screensavers with Brandon.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- One of those organic gardening/cooking magazines in my parents' bathroom.

...bargain you made?
- I'm not sure. I did a lot of grocery shopping this past week.

...thing you planned?
- What to do on my birthday, I guess. It all went as planned: got peanut butter donuts, walked around Westwood and picked up butterscotch soda, then visited the cemetery with all the dead celebrities, then drove up to Pasadena to walk around the Pacific Asia Museum during their Chinese New Year Festival, then we went to the L.A. Arboretum and walked around, then went to this steampunk shop, got lunch at a Greek place in the Byzantine Quarter, and dinner was at a German place in Anaheim.

...award you won?
- Nothing lately.

...piece of toast you had?
- That thing mentioned in answer to the first question.

...present you gave?
- The first season of M*A*S*H to my dad and a couple pictures I took last year developed and framed for my mom.

...porno you saw?
- I seriously can't remember the last time I watched porn. Then again, I'm watching A LOT of HBO shows and my parents keep mistaking the moans in Carnivale for us watching porn.

...song you sang in the shower?
- Still don't sing in the shower.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- There's always something stuck in my head and yet I can't think of any of those songs right now.

Actually, I guess you could say this scene has been playing in my head, on a loop, for more than a week:

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- *Pulls out calendar* Looks like it was going to Dickens Festival with Christina and then getting dinner at Tio's Tacos, both on January 8.

...errand you ran?
- Dropping Brandon off at band practice.

...drink you had?
- Still nursing the large Coke from the barbecue place.

...cool thing you found?
- Not sure. I guess, by the default I'll answer Bettie Page since she was the last grave I found on my birthday, and we didn't know she was in that same cemetery.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- I cannot remember the last time I used any sort of instant messenger, except maybe that thing they have on Facebook, and I only talk to Brandon on that thing.

...thing you bought?
- Other than food at the barbecue place, that would be tickets to see the 10th birthday show of Rainbow Carnage.

...new place you visited?
- The barbecue place. I'd been to the Long Beach location, but not the new one in San Pedro.

...thing you celebrated?
- My birthday.

...dream you had?
- For some reason I dreamt my high school contacted me to say they now require an extra English class and they retroactively applied it so I would be required to take it now, meaning I haven't graduated from high school and for some reason that meant my degree was forfeit.

...thing you dressed up for (costume/formal/etc)?
- Dressed up in faire garb with steampunk stuff for my friend's Pantsless New Year's Eve Eve party. Made Brandon a kilt an hour before we left.

I'm cleaning my room and wearing a faire bodice and elf ears, for crying out loud.

What was the last...

...thing you ate?
- A salad I made with creamy feta dressing, cut up pieces of turkey, and mushrooms.

...person you talked to on the phone?
- Guy, telling me he's mailing me the corrections for the newsletter.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- Either Guy or Lee.

...person you hugged?
- Brandon.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- Rolling down the stairs in a giant ball of laundry a few minutes ago. Scared the shit out of one of my cats while the other didn't care. For about three seconds there, I was a katamari.

...time you cried?
- A few days ago, cracking over the stress.

...movie you watched?
- I think the last thing I watched in theaters was Your Highness.

...DVD you watched?
- The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn. I was surprised to realize I liked Captain Blood better.

...video tape you watched?
- Man... a REALLY old copy of The Nutcracker ballet performed.

...song you listened to?
- "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran.

...book you finished?
- I can't remember. I've been massively failing at writing these down, but then again I've been doing a lot of research projects lately involving reading and re-reading pieces of books.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- Probably Brandon.

...person you met?
- MarieSam.

...person who died in your life?
- Merv.

...new food you tried?
- This REALLY juicy Conchinita pibil burrito from a place in Echo Park.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- Made jam.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- Not sure.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- Hmm, I think right after e-mailing in my final paper Brandon and I did the Rogue Festival and I had enough to find stupid things amusing.

...you "geeked" out?
- Played around in the interactive Da Vinci exhibit yesterday.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- If anything one of the home improvement magazines my parents have in their bathroom.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- Different songs out of the Nutcracker suite, specifically "La Mère Gigone et les Polichinelles."

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- Either that I'm going to San Francisco's gay pride festival with Stitch next weekend or the American Gods reading Neil Gaiman is doing hosted by Patton Oswalt.

...errand you ran?
- Picking up a converter at Radio Shack for the Commodore Vic-20 to see if it will work before we sell it.

...drink you had?
- Rose Lemonade.

...cool thing you found?
- This taxidermy shop full of skeletons and critters in jars. Picked up some pheasant feathers.

...time you brushed your hair?
- Dunno.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Brandon, on Facebook chat. WEEKS ago. I was at my internship during that time.

...thing you bought?
- The TV converter mentioned above.

...game you played?
- I think I'll go pop in God of War 2 right now just for shits.

...new place you visited?
- This vintage toy shop in Echo Park.

...thing you celebrated?
- Finishing this 40-page newsletter for a client - went all over Los Angeles and hit up a bunch of museums. Yes, I know I'm lame. When Brandon and I celebrated our seventh anniversary a couple months ago, we went to a freak show with animals with extra heads and limbs, a wilderness-themed bar, and ate at an Irish pub.

...dream you had?
- Can't remember.

...thing you dressed up for (costume/formal/etc)?
- Was "cosplaying" while working as an extra for "The Guild."

...website you visited outside of the board?
- I have about 15 tabs open and I've been flipping through them this whole time. Hm, Facebook makes up for about 3 of them.

...book you finished?
- The Great Fables Crossover, I think. I haven't really been writing that down.

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?
- Not entirely sure. Brandon?

...person you met?
- Lots of people at Wonder Con. Last people I got more acquainted with were the Kates. Stayed at one's house and went on a roadtrip with the other.

...person who died in your life?
- A great uncle.

...new food you tried?
- A bourbon caramel and Coke float with ice cream that's Jim Beam and cornflakes, at this indie ice cream place in San Francisco.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?
- Going to Wonder Con.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?
- A few minutes ago walking to the bathroom to check out a blister on my thigh. We did A LOT of walking this weekend.

...time you weren't fully sober?
- I really can't remember. I'm reaching the point where I'll go to a party and drink but not even feel buzzed.

...you "geeked" out?
- Getting some things signed by Robert Kirkman yesterday.

...thing you read in the bathroom?
- Some stuff on my laptop.

...bargain you made?
- Bought a few graphic novels for half price.

...thing you planned?
- Don't want to jinx it.

...award you won?
- Same awards as the last time.

...piece of toast you had?
- Don't remember, but I just bought some honey apple butter, so I will be having some soon. Oh wait, now I remember. Had a piece with the tomato and pepper soup I had at this girl's house the other night.

...present you gave?
- Gave a book on sex and marriage throughout history, that I found in Acres of Books' giveaway, to a friend of mine in my American Studies proseminar.

...porno you saw?
- I can't remember the last time I saw any.

...song you sang in the shower?
- N/A.

...song you had stuck in your head?
- There've been a few lately, but I think "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was the most prevalent.

...thing you marked on your calendar?
- The Boggards show at this indie bookstore that only Brandon, Stitch, the shopkeepers, and I saw. Literally no one else there. It was AWESOME.

...errand you ran?
- Taking my mother to urgent care.

...drink you had?
- Diet Coke.

...cool thing you found?
- This great deli in San Francisco's Financial District.

Well.. this will be amusing. I started filling out this meme a week ago and left my laptop on with the tab of this open, occasionally adding another answer and then forgetting about it again as I write new posts in another tab.

I'm too lazy to change answers.

What was the last...

...thing you ate?
- Ham and cheese sandwich in a folded over waffle instead of bread.

...person you talked to on the phone?
- Patrick wanting to know when we could hang out when he comes into town.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?
- Andrea, on Facebook.

...person you hugged?
- Other than Brandon, a lot of family I have either not seen in a decade or more or was just introduced to.

...person you kissed?
- Brandon.

...time you laughed?
- Just now, going through Google street view through New Orleans. Found some interesting graffiti.

...time you cried?
- I shed a few tears at the funeral yesterday.

...movie you watched?
- In the theater: The Warrior's Way.

...DVD you watched?
- Happiness of the Katakuris. So random...

...video tape you watched?
- Either Cinderella or The Little Mermaid, I think. It was for a research project I was doing for American studies on the Disney princesses.

...person you met?
- Tons of family I've never seen before and may never see again.

...person who died in your life?
- My grandmother's brother-in-law, Irving. He came to visit a lot when I was a kid, but I haven't seen him in more than a decade. Poor man. We went to his funeral that was held yesterday.

...time you brushed your hair?
- A few minutes ago. It was so tangled.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?
- Brandon, on Facebook chat.

...thing you bought?
- Those Army/Navy surplus gloves, some campfire prongs, and a bottle of microbrew cider.

...game you played?
- I re-played Devil May Cry not to long ago.

...new place you visited?
- A church in Vegas, for the funeral. It's the first church I've ever been to where they're giant crucifix has the nails through Christ's wrists instead of his hands.

...thing you celebrated?
- Getting an internship. Got to have dinner at this local barbecue joint I like with the greatest mac 'n' cheese ever.

...dream you had?
- I dreamt I was studying mermaids and discovered my grandmother used to be one. Then I freaked out because I realized I was a week late to school and I was frantically trying to e-mail my teachers and my boss to say that I had a good excuse, so please don't drop me from my classes.

...thing you dressed up for (costume/formal/etc)?
- Daily Titan banquet, I suppose.

...website you visited outside of the board?
- My student portal on the university website to see if my grades were posted yet.

...thing you ate?- A LOT of pizza. All you can eat pizza, brownies, cinnamon rolls, soup, and salad for $5 -- there's no real beating that, especially after a 5-day marathon convention.

...person you talked to on the phone?- Gina.

...person you e-mailed/private messaged?- A press person from Comedy Central.

...person you hugged?- Lee.

...person you kissed?- Brandon.

...time you laughed?- A few minutes ago over the fact that this company that caters to nerd types sells a shirt that goes up to size XXXXXX-Large.

OK, strike that, while taking a break from posting laughed my ass off to someone's video of Fight Club if it were done in Jane Austen's time.

...time you cried?- Not entirely sure actually. I almost felt like it a couple days ago.

...movie you watched?- "20th Century Boys" at Anime Expo. I might go see "Jonah Hex" later today.

...DVD you watched?- A Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation DVD.

...video tape you watched?- "The Graduate."

...song you listened to?- Tomoyasu Hotei - "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity," since it was in the Jane Austen video mentioned above.

...book you finished?- Time Lincoln. But just the first two issues that are out. Since it'll probably become a trade paperback and I've read all the issues, though: "Groo: Hogs of Horder." Otherwise, "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour."

...heart-to-heart you had with someone?- Not sure, probably Brandon.

...person you met?- This guy who stood in line ahead of us for Mythbusters. He was really cool to talk to. Never caught his name, though.

...person who died in your life?- Bob, one of my dad's clients who's been a long time friend. Bob was a great guy, and I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't know who he was. He was a Japanese nisei, and was interned in a camp as a little boy which made him very distrustful of the government since he was a little boy at the time and his family lost everything during the years they spent in the camp. Poor Bob.

...new food you tried?- Mochi from this 100-year-old place.

...new thing you tried (event, action)?- Went to the midnight release for a book, I guess. Ran into people from school, hung out and talked comics for a few hours with people while enjoying a whole lot of free beer.

...time you went around the house in just your underwear?- Last night. Pants chafed and didn't have pajama pants.

...you "geeked" out?- This whole past weekend... the biggest geek out in the world, practically. The most recent, or last thing, was probably the spotlight panel for Matt Fraction. Bill Hader came up on stage after Matt's speech and they chatted it up. Funniest shit that day.

...thing you read in the bathroom?- Probably a graphic novel, but I don't remember what title.

...bargain you made?- In the last hour of Day 2 at the con, with $15, I picked up 3 DVDs and 2 graphic novel anthologies.

...thing you planned?- I'm looking over how this coming Saturday is going to be since so many friends keep scheduling their insanity for it.

...award you won?- I won like 7 awards for the Daily Titan at our end of the year banquet back in May -- mostly for having articles with the most reads and being the Most Versatile Journalist and junk.

...present you gave?- I'm about to send a bunch of stuff to one of my friends down in San Diego, because she lost a bunch of fulfillment tickets for the free stuff they were supposed to get after panels and I still had mine.

...porno you saw?- Really can't remember.

...song you sang in the shower?- Still N/A.

...song you had stuck in your head?- Sweet Caroline. Frickin' guy at that tavern in Old Town who couldn't play covers for shit got it successfully lodged in there.

...thing you marked on your calendar?- First day of classes coming up.

...errand you ran?- Buying water and granola bars before heading into the convention.

...drink you had?- Coke.

...cool thing you found?- Cheap comics.

...time you brushed your hair?- Yesterday before ironing it.

...person you talked to over AIM, YIM, etc?- Greg, same at the last post since I don't recall using a messaging system since.

...thing you bought?- A shitload of comics and graphic novels.

...game you played?- The Scott Pilgrim demo.

...new place you visited?- Cici's pizza in San Diego.

...thing you celebrated?- Independence Day, I suppose.

...dream you had?- Cannot remember. It's actually been a week or so since the last time I dreamed.

...thing you dressed up for (costume/formal/etc)?- End of the year party for the paper.